Front page of the paper edition, right hand column July 28, 2020: G.O.P. Relief Plan Slices Extra Pay for Unemployed Suggested edit for the Times to make the headline neutral: G.O.P. Relief Plan reduces unemployment payments The bias of The […]
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Recently, on January 23rd, 2020, President Trump said he would consider cuts to entitlement programs. According to the news media this is big news because it violates a position he took during the 2016 campaign and the Democrats can use
Today I saw two stories that gave me hope for the United States. First was an email from the Fraser Institute with its latest Economic Freedom of the World Report. The U.S. has risen in worldwide rankings to number 5.
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I might be trying to put too many themes into one piece but here goes. The first is the bias shown by left wing media with respect to two recent news topics. The second is that libertarians are more objective
A couple of things in the news have prompted me to write about homelessness. One is a recent online article of the Manhattan Institute stating that deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill continues in New York. The article said Governor Cuomo
Recently, I rode back from two hours of tennis with three of my tennis companions. The tennis was enjoyable, the ride back was not. The driver tuned the radio to New York City’s NPR station. The three others seemed to
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I gave a ride home a few nights ago to one of my fellow tennis players who works at the New York Times. He talked approvingly about an editorial advocating taxing storefront landlords if they keep their storefronts vacant for
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When I saw the news about Las Vegas I thought ‘the lefties and righties are going to conjure up some way this proves the other side is to blame.’ Hillary Clinton promptly came out blaming the NRA. A right-winger blamed